Books to Read

Basic Judaism

Artson, Bradley Shavit. It's a Mitzvah! (Behrman House/Rabbinical Assembly, 1995).
Diamant, Anita and Howard Cooper. Living a Jewish Life (Harper, 1991).
Einstein, Stephen J. and Lydia Kukoff. Every Person's Guide to Judaism (UAHC, 1989).
Einstein, Stephen J. and Lydia Kukoff. Introduction to Judaism: A Course Outline    

(UAHC, 1983).
Heschel, Abraham Joshua. God in Search of Man (Jason Aronson, 1987).
Jacobs, Louis. The Book of Jewish Beliefs (Behrman House, 1984).
Jacobs, Louis. The Book of Jewish Practice (Behrman House, 1987).
Prager, Dennis and Joseph Telushkin. The Nine Questions People Ask About Judaism (Simon & Schuster, 1981).
Siegel, Richard, Michael Strassfeld, and Sharon Strassfeld. The Jewish Catalog (Jewish Publication Society, 1973).
Steinberg, Milton. Basic Judaism (Jason Aronson, 1987).
Trepp, Leo. The Complete Book of Jewish Observance (Behrman House/Summit Books, 1980).
Zerin, Edward. How to Explain Judaism to Your Non-Jewish Neightbor (Isaac Nathan, 1997).

Other Jewish Subjects

Holtz, Barry. Back to the Sources (Summit, 1984).
Steinsaltz, Adin. The Essential Talmud (Jason Aronson, 1992).
Tanakh. (Jewish Publication Society, 1985).
Seltzer, Robert M. Jewish People, Jewish Thought (Macmillan & Collier, 1980).
Dawidowicz, Lucy S. The War Against the Jews (Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1975).
Wiesel, Elie. Night (Hill and Wang, 1960).
Hertzberg, Arthur. The Zionist Idea (Atheneum, 1972).
Laqueur, Walter. A History of Zionism (Holt, Rinehart, and Winston, 1972).
Heschel, Susannah. On Being a Jewish Feminist (Schocken, 1983).
Plaskow, Judith. Standing Again at Sinai (Harper San Francisco, 1991).
Schneider, Susan Weidman. Jewish and Female (Simon & Schuster, 1984).

Conversion to Judaism

Angel, Marc D. Choosing to Be Jewish: The Orthodox Road to Conversion (Ktav, 2005).

Berkowitz, Rabbi Allan L. & Patti Moskovitz. Embracing the Covenant (Jewish Lights, 1996).

Diamant, Anita. Choosing a Jewish Life (Schocken, 1997).

Ellenson, David and Daniel Gordis. Pledges of Jewish Allegiance: Conversion, Law, and Policymaking in Nineteenth- and Twentieth-Century Orthodox Responsa. (Stanford University Press, 2012)

Epstein, Lawrence J. Conversion to Judaism: A Guidebook (Jason Aronson Inc., 1994).
Epstein, Lawrence J. Questions and Answers on Conversion to Judaism. (Jason Aronson, 1998).

Epstein, Lawrence J. The Theory and Practice of Welcoming Converts to Judaism: Jewish Universalism (Edwin Mellen Press, 1992).
Fink, Nan. Stranger in the Midst: A Memoir of Spiritual Discovery (BasicBooks, 1997).
Kling, Simcha and Carl M. Perkins Embracing Judaism (Rabbinical Assembly, 1999).
Kukoff, Lydia. Choosing Judaism (Hippocrene Books, 1981).
Lamm, Maurice. Becoming a Jew (Jonathan David, 1991).
McClain, Ellen Jaffe. Embracing the Stranger (BasicBooks, 1995).

Myrowitz, Catherine Hall. Finding a Home for the Soul: Interviews with Converts to Judaism (Jason Aronson Inc., 1995).

Reuben, Steven Carr and Jennifer S. Hanin. Becoming Jewish: The Challenges, Rewards, and Paths to Conversion (Rowman & Littlefield, 2011).

Romanoff, Lena with Lisa Hostein. Your People, My People: Finding Acceptance and Fulfillment as a Jew by Choice (Jewish Publication Society, 1990).
Silverstein, Rabbi Alan. It All Begins With a Date: Jewish Concerns About Intermarriage (Jason Aronson Inc., 1995).
Silverstein, Rabbi Alan. Preserving Jewishness in Your Family: After Intermarriage Has Occurred (Jason Aronson Inc., 1995).

Weiss, Rabbi Bernice K. and Sheryl Silverman. Converting to Judaism - Choosing to Be Chosen : Personal Stories (Simcha Press, 2000).